republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2775.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional cosmetics: labeling requirements."
description: "(1) The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, among other things, regulates the labeling of cosmetics and authorizes the State Department of Public Health to require a cosmetic label to list ingredients under specified circumstances. The law generally defines the term \"cosmetic\" as an article, or its components, intended to be applied to the human body, or any part of the human body, for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance. The law makes a violation of its provisions a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2775"
citation: "California AB 2775 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professional cosmetics: labeling requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/879b63af-8424-4026-b5d4-c909b044fc4f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2775"
source_hash: "ffa833b861bd33479ca5bd10c65721f7f63e662ecd4b10eaeb2f2c3e400cb84c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2775 (20172018) — Professional cosmetics: labeling requirements.

(1) The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, among other things, regulates the labeling of cosmetics and authorizes the State Department of Public Health to require a cosmetic label to list ingredients under specified circumstances. The law generally defines the term "cosmetic" as an article, or its components, intended to be applied to the human body, or any part of the human body, for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance. The law makes a violation of its provisions a crime.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2775&version=20170AB277599INT)
2. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2775&version=20170AB277597CHP)
3. **AB2775** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2775)
4. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2775&version=20170AB277598ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2775 KALRA Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2775 Kalra et al. By Lara — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5494.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Coms. on EQ. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5891.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 393, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/879b63af-8424-4026-b5d4-c909b044fc4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).